Husband Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales
AKA: Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales
Born: Abt 1480 - Penrhyn, Aberffro, Anglesey, Wales
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Died: 1531
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Father: Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn Castle, Chamberlain of North Wales (Abt 1445-Abt 1539)
Mother: Jane Troutbeck (Abt 1457-Abt 1485)
Marriage: 2 Aug 1520 or 1522 - Penrhyn, Anglesey, , Wales
Other Spouse: Jane Stradling of St. Donat's ( - )
Noted events in his life were:
• Knighted, 1513 - Touraine
From Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania by Charles H. Browning, Philadelphia, 1912, p. 286: "knighted at Touraine, Christmas, 1513, 'after the king came from mass, under the banner in the church'"
• Made, Chamberlain of North Wales, 1520
Wife Jane Puleston of Bers and Hafod y Wern
Born: Abt 1479 - Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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Father: John Hên Puleston of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle (Abt 1449-Abt 1544)
Mother: Eleanor Whitney (1452- )
Other Spouse: Robert ap Maredydd ap Hwlcyn Llwyd of Glyn llufon ( - )
Children
1 F Sibill Griffith
AKA: Sibyl Griffith, Sybil (Isabel) Griffith
Born: Abt 1530 - Penrhyn, Anglesey, Wales
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Died: Abt 1580
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Spouse: Owen Ap Hugh Owen of Bodeon, High Sheriff of Anglesey (Abt 1518-1613)
Marr: Abt 1563
2 F Elizabeth Gruffydd
Born: Cir 1508 - Penrhyn, , Anglesey, Wales
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Spouse: Sir John Philipps (Abt 1502-1562)
Marr: Abt 1528 - Picton Castle, Pembroke, Wales
3 M Sir Rhys Griffith of Penrhyn, High Sheriff for Caernarvon
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Spouse: Catherine of Talacre ( - )
Research Notes (Husband)
Source: http://www.varrall.net/pafg26.htm#620. Notes: Descended from Ednyfed Fychan, forebear of the TUDOR dynasty.
Also FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #112650
(submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer) - little info except for extensive lineage.
From http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsccaer/hall.html
"This Sir William Griffith was, I think, the third in succession in the office of Chamberlain of North Wales from the appointment to it of his grandfather, Sir William Griffith, a gentleman whose name has become famous in the history of the country for his contentions with John ap Meredydd of Istumcegid, chief of the descendants of Owen Gwynedd. The Sir William whose monument we are now viewing was married twice, had nineteen children, and died in 1587. His first wife was Jane, the daughter of Sir Thomas Stradling of St Donats Castle in Glamorganshire; the second was Jane, the daughter of John Puleston, Esqr., Chamberlain of North Wales. By his numerous children the family became connected with the Stanleys of Hooton, the Bulkeley family, with the Phillips of Picton Castle, with the Mostyns, with the Myttons and the Thelwalls, besides numerous other families."
From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, Edited by Thomas Allen Glenn at the request of Howard Reifsnyder, privately printed, Philadelphia, 1902, provided by http://books.google.com, p. 58:
"VII. SIR WILLIAM GRIFFITH, Knight, of Penrhyn, eldest son and heir. He was of the Court of Henry VIII, and accompanied the King into France, where he distinguished himself at the siege of Tourraine, where he was knighted, 25 December 5 Henry VIII, and was Chamberlain of North Wales. He married, secondly (marriage settlement 2 August, 1522), Jane, widow of Robert Meredith and daughter of John Puleston, of Bers, adn Havod, y Wern, Caernarvonshire, constable of Caernarvon Castle, 16 April, 1506, 30 July, 1509, 1 October, 1423, Chamberlain of North Wales, High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1544; died about this date.
"The wife of John Puleston was descended from Edward III, King of England. Sir William Griffith had issue by Jane, his second wife:
"IX SIBELL GRIFFITH..."
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: http://www.varrall.net/pafg26.htm#620
From: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsccaer/hall.html
"...I return to what is undoubtedly the glory of the church, the alabaster monument of Sir William Griffith and his lady. The tomb upon which the figures are recumbent as large as life is raised about three feet above the two steps, or rather plinths, upon which it stands. They lie on a mat of very good execution, one end of which is rolled up in several convolutions to serve as pillows for the lady and the knight. The same is done, with some variety of shape, at the latter's feet, which rest upon it, while those of the former repose against a lion couchant. At the west end of the tomb three compartments are distinguished, divided by pilasters, and have a sort of architrave about. Five groups of figures facing each other and in the attitude of prayer are seen with much blazonry, among which, as might be expected in the Griffith family, are the Saxons' heads and the heads of stags caboshed. A cross, a crescent and a spear's head were, however, new to me in their combinations with the other bearings. I venture to suppose them the arms of Sir William's first wife, a South Walian. On the north of the tomb are three groups of females praying, all facing towards the east, and these are again separated from each other by the three lions passant and the three eagles in fess, each being twice and in alternate order exhibited upon the pilasters. On the south side we have three compartments separated by four coats on as many pilasters. The 1st compartment shows a warrior armed and one in the weeds of peace, the second a warrior and a lady, the 3d a priest and, I think, two females. All these figures, which are in tolerable preservation and execution, are in prayer and looking towards the east. the arms are' in the following order: 1, Saxons' heads; 2, stags' heads caboshed; 3, three mullets;
Bangor Street & the Uxbridge Arms Hotel. © Gwynedd Archives Service and 4, stags' heads caboshed with a chevron between. the knight is fully armed, except that he is bare headed and has his hand clasped upon his breast; but these have been broken off. Upon the whole, however, we may feel obliged to the barbarism of the country (some few degrees less, it must be confessed, than that of the English) for having left us so much of this most precious remain without doubt (at least in my opinion) within the country.
"This Sir William Griffith was, I think, the third in succession in the office of Chamberlain of North Wales from the appointment to it of his grandfather, Sir William Griffith, a gentleman whose name has become famous in the history of the country for his contentions with John ap Meredydd of Istumcegid, chief of the descendants of Owen Gwynedd. The Sir William whose monument we are now viewing was married twice, had nineteen children, and died in 1587. His first wife was Jane, the daughter of Sir Thomas Stradling of St Donats Castle in Glamorganshire; the second was Jane, the daughter of John Puleston, Esqr., Chamberlain of North Wales. By his numerous children the family became connected with the Stanleys of Hooton, the Bulkeley family, with the Phillips of Picton Castle, with the Mostyns, with the Myttons and the Thelwalls, besides numerous other families."
Notes (Marriage)
Verify marriage date. Varies from 1505 to 1520. According to Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, they were married in 1520. (Dwnn II: 154-159)
Husband Ednyfed ap Llewelyn of Llangelynin, Merionethshire
Born: Bef 1343
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Father: Llewelyn "the Terrible" ap Tudor Lord of Talybont (Bef 1283-Bef 1343)
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Wife Gwenllian verch Griffith ap Adda of Dolgôch, Merionethshire
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Father: Griffith ap Adda of Dolgôch (Bef 1333- )
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1 M Aron ap Ednyfed of Llangelynin, Talybont
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Died: Bef 1397
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Spouse: Gwenllian verch Gruffydd Ddu ap Ievan of Llanvendigaild, Llangelynin ( - )
Research Notes (Husband)
From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, Edited by Thomas Allen Glenn at the request of Howard Reifsnyder, privately printed, Philadelphia, 1902, provided by http://books.google.com, p. 38:
"II. EDNYFED AP LLEWELYN of the parish of Llangelynin, Merionethshire, is named, under the designation of 'Edneved ap Leuelyn,' in a list of persons who performed fealty to the officers of Edward, Prince of Wales (the Black Prince), upon his receiving, from his father, a grant of the Principality. The grant was executed 12 May 17 Edward III (1343), and fealty was performed 9 August, of the same year (1343), at Harlech, in merionethshire. He married Gwenllian, daughter and co-heiress of Griffith ap Adda ap Griffith, of Dolgôch, Merionethshire. Griffith ap Adda, of Dolgôth, was Raglor of the Comôt of Estimaner, at Michaelmas, 1333 (7 Edward III), and his tomb remains in the Church of Towyn.
"Issue:
1. Aron ap Ednyfed; of whom presently.
Other issue."
Research Notes (Wife)
From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, edited by Thomas Allen Glenn (Philadelphia, 1902), provided by http://books.google.com, p. 38:
"[Ednyfed ap Llewelyn] married Gwenllian, daughter and co-heiress of Griffith ap Adda ap Griffith, of Dolgôch, Merionethshire. Griffith ap Adda, of Dolgôth, was Raglor of the Comôt of Estimaner, at Michaelmas, 1333 (7 Edward III), and his tomb remains in the Church of Towyn."
Husband Methusalem ap Hwfa ap Cynddelw
Born: Cir 1160 - Llifion
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Father: Hwva ap Cynddelw Lord of Llifion (Cir 1130- )
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Wife Agnes ferch Griffith ap Conan
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1 M Maredudd ap Methusalem Lord of Cwmwd Lhivon, Caernarvonshire
Born: Cir 1190
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Spouse: Angharad ( - )
Research Notes (Husband)
Source: http://www.varrall.net/pafg45.htm#977
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: http://www.varrall.net/pafg45.htm#977
Husband Lewis ap Griffith ap Howel Lord of Yshute
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Father: Griffith ap Howel ap Einion ( - )
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1 M Robert ap Lewis ap Griffith Lord of Rhiwlas
AKA: Robert Lewis Lord of Rhiwlas
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Research Notes (Husband)
Source: Welsh Settlement of Pensylvania by Charles H. Browning (Philadelphia, 1912), p. 282
Husband Thomas George Lyon-Bowes Lord Glamis
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Father: Thomas Lyon-Bowes 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne ( - )
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Louisa Rodney Carpenter ( - )
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Wife Charlotte Grimstead
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1 M Claude Lyon-Bowes 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn
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Spouse: Frances Dora Smith ( - )
Research Notes (Husband)
www.whitneygen.org/archives/biography/princewm.html
Research Notes (Wife)
www.whitneygen.org/archives/biography/princewm.html
Husband Gwilym ap Gruffydd Lord of Penrhyn
AKA: Gwilym ap Gruffudd ap Gwilym of Penrhyn
Born: Abt 1365 - Penrhyn, Llandegai, Caernarfonshire, Wales
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Died: 1431 - Austria-Hungary
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Father: Gruffydd ap Gwilym Lord of Penrhyn and Cwchwillan (Abt 1322-1405)
Mother: Generys verch Madog ap Gronwy Fychan (Abt 1326- )
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Other Spouse: Jonet Stanley of Hooton (Abt 1362-1466) - After 1405
Wife Morvyn verch Grono ap Tudor
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1 M Tudor Vychan ap Gwilym of Penmynydh, Anglesey
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Birth Notes (Husband)
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 gives b. abt 1330, d. abt 1431. Another source says b. abt 1365.
Research Notes (Husband)
Rootsweb (?) has b. c.1365, name Gwilym ap Gruffydd (which sounds more correct)
FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #316910
(submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer) nas name as Gwilyn ap Gruffudd and b. 1376.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I64690 has b. abt 1376 in Penrhyn and d. 1431 in Austria-Hungary.
Several Rootsweb WorldConnect sources have b. abt 1383 and d. 1395, son of Gruffydd ap Gwilym b. abt 1354.
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd by J. Y. W. Lloyd, Vol. IV, London, 1884, p. 342 shows him as "Gwilym ab Gruffydd, Lord of Penrhyn," the second son of "Gruffydd Gwilym, Lord of Penrhyn and Cwchwillan," who was the second son of "Gwilym Gruffydd, Lord of Penrhyn and Cwchwillan."
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: S Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland" by John Burke & John Bernard Burke, vol. I, London, 1847, p. 737
Husband Robert ab Gruffydd of Cwchwillan
AKA: Robin ap Gruffydd of Cochwillan
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Father: Gruffydd ap Gwilym Lord of Penrhyn and Cwchwillan (Abt 1322-1405)
Mother: Generys verch Madog ap Gronwy Fychan (Abt 1326- )
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Wife Lowry verch Gronw ap Jevan of Eifionydd
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Research Notes (Husband)
First son of Gruffydd ap Gwilym, according to this source:
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd by J. Y. W. Lloyd, Vol. IV, London, 1884, p. 342 shows him as "Robert ab Gruffydd of Cwchwillan, ancestor of Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams Bulkeley of Baron Hill, Bart.," the first son of "Gruffydd ab Gwilym, Lord of Penrhyn and Cwchwillan"
Second son of Gruffydd ap Gwilym according to this one:
Source: Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales by Thomas Nicholas, Vol. I, London, 1872, p. 362, which has "Robin ap Gruffydd, the second son, had Cochwillan. By Lowry, dau. of Gronw ap Jevan of Eifionydd, this second wife, he had a son,--Thomas.. Robin ap Gruffydd by his first wife, Angharad, dau. and h. of Rhys ap Gruffydd ap Gronw, of Llanllechid, had, with other issue, a son,--Gruffydd ap Robin, his successor..."
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales by Thomas Nicholas, Vol. I, London, 1872, p. 362
Husband Owain I Gwynedd Prince of North Wales
AKA: Owain ap Gruffudd, Owain Gwynedd ap Gruffydd ap Rhys Prince of North Wales
Born: Abt 1100
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Died: 1170
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Father: Gruffudd ap Rhys ap Tewdwr Prince of South Wales ( -Bef 1150)
Mother: Gwenllian verch Gruffudd ap Cynan of North Wales ( -Bef 1150)
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Other Spouse: Gladys verch Llywarch ap Trahaearn ( - )
Wife Christina verch Gronw ap Owen ap Edwin
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Father: Gronw ap Owen ap Edwin ( - )
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Research Notes (Husband)
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 176B-25 (Gladys) and 239-6, which states "(Arthur Jones, The History of Gruffydd ap Cynan (Manchester, 1910), a translation and analysis of a twelfth century biography of griffith, is the source for this pedigree, with details verified and amplified from the Irish Annals, especially the Annals of Innisfallen, of Ulster, and of the Four Masters)."
Source also: A History of Wales by John Davies, London, 2007, p. 80
From A History of Wales by John Davies, London, 2007, p. 121:
"The Norman hold upon Deheubarth was especially fragile. There, Gruffudd ap Rhys ap Tewdwr and his wife Gwenllian were killed in an attack upon the invaders, but by about 1150 their sons had succeeded in seizing almost the whole of Ystrad Tywi and much of Dyfed. In 1153, they also took possession of Ceredigion where the power of the house of Clare had been extinguished in 1136 by the sons of Gruffudd ap Cynan. Owain ap Gruffudd--Owain Gwynedd, the ruler of Gwynedd from 1137 until his death in 1170--was the most promient of the sons of Gruffudd. He also took advantage of the 'Anarchy', largely at the expense of the earldom of Chester and the kingdom of Powys. When Henry II came to the throne, Rhuddlan, Ystrad Alun, Iâl and Tegeingl had fallen to Owain, and his realm extended almost to the walls of Chester. Although Poweys lost some of its northernmost commotes to Gwynedd, the 'Anarchy' gave its ruler the apportunity to capture the lordship of Oswestry. At the same time, the lordship of Usk became part of the territories of the descendants of Caradog ap Gruffudd, lords of Caerleon."
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 239-6 (Owain I Gwynedd). Christina was Owain's cousin, "dau. Gronw ap Owen ap Edwin. (Arthur Jones, The History of Gruffydd ap Cynan (Manchester, 1910), a translation and analysis of a twelfth century ciography of Griffith, is the source for this perdigree, with details verified and amplified from the Irish Annals, especially the Annals of Innisfallen, of Ulster, and of the Four Masters)."
Notes (Marriage)
Married outside the church, as Christina was Owain's cousin
Husband Dafydd ap Gronwy of Llai
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Father: Gronwy ap Iorwerth ( - )
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Wife Angharad ferch Gruffudd
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Father: Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ( -1399)
Mother: Efa verch Madog ( - )
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1 F Efa ferch Dafydd
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Spouse: Jenkin Hanmer ( - )
Research Notes (Husband)
RootsWeb - Celtic Royal Genealogy
Research Notes (Wife)
RootsWeb - Celtic Royal Genealogy
Husband Ieuan ap Gronwy of Hafod-y-Wern
AKA: Ieuan ap Goronwy, Ievan ap Grono of Hafod-y-Wern
Born: - Hafod-y-Wern, Wrexham, Denbighshire(?), Wales
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Father: Gronwy ap Hwfa of Hafod-y-Wern ( - )
Mother: [Daughter] verch Ievan ap Howell of Henllys ( - )
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Wife Erdhglad verch Iorwerth Goch ap Madoc
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1 M Gronwy ap Ieuan of Havod y Wern
AKA: Goronwy ap Ieuan of Havod y Wern, Grono ap Ievan of Hafod-y-Wern
Born: - Hafod-y-Wern, Wrexham, Denbighshire(?), Wales
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Spouse: Alsion verch Kynrick ap Meredith Ddu of Anglesey ( - )
Research Notes (Husband)
Source: http://www.varrall.net/pafg57.htm#1147
Source: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland" by John Burke & John Bernard Burke, vol. I (London, 1847), p. 656
Research Notes (Wife)
Source: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland" by John Burke & John Bernard Burke, vol. I (London, 1847), p. 656